Sore throats and sour news. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the number of potentially life-threatening invasive group A strep infections more than doubled ...
Cedric W. Spak, MD, MPH, says non-group A streptococcal pharyngitis should always be treated “to be on the safe side” (Item 114-25). But group A strep is treated primarily to avoid rheumatic fever, ...
Strep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections. The ...
John McCormick receives funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Leducq Foundation. Juan Manuel Diaz ...
Point-of-care testing for group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (Strep A) significantly reduced antibiotic prescriptions in children and adults with signs of pharyngitis, even when used as the sole ...
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